Dallas investigative insert DL 164-1928 re bank robbery subject Howard J. Hubbell, Abilene TX
Document date 15 April 1980
Part of: SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re claim that D.B. Cooper is Howard J. Hubbell, with criminal record
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:131-132
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:131-132 Document: Dallas investigative insert DL 164-1928 re bank robbery subject Howard J. Hubbell, Abilene TX Id: Cooper-Part-112:131-132 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A131-132 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 pp. 131–132 (DB Cooper-18005–18006), Report, dated 15 Apr 1980, serial SE 164-81-53 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A131-132
DL 164-1928 GEG:ls 1
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[stamp: SUB] [handwritten: -/14/[illegible]]
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT ABILENE, TEXAS
On April 15, 1980, [REDACTED] U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, advised Howard J. Hubbell was on parole for twelve years after serving a 13 year sentence on being convicted in Federal Court for bank robbery in the State of Washington. [REDACTED] made available his file on Hubbell and the following information was collected:
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Howard J. Hubbell, Carl H. Bistram, [REDACTED] were arrested [REDACTED] by Washington State Highway Patrol, Pierce County Sheriff's Office and Tacoma Police Department following an [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at Tacoma, Washington on that day. All men were armed. Bistram had a .22 caliber magnum revolver and extra shells on his person during the [REDACTED] at the time of his arrest. As of the day of the [REDACTED] Hubbell was 57 years of age, Bistram was 45 years of age, and [REDACTED].
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The [REDACTED] were surprised during the attempted [REDACTED] until stopped at a road block on the Highway en route to Olympia, Washington.
None of [REDACTED] although the defendants offered some resistance at the time of arrest and all were slightly bruised.
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Howard has a long list of arrests and convictions dating back to April 14, 1926 when he was arrested for two counts of grand larceny, on both of which he was convicted and served one and a half to two years per count. His list of accomplishments from that date include a one to five
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DB Cooper-18005 [handwritten: 164-81-53 [illegible]]
DL 164-1928 2
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year sentence for second degree burglary on March 1, 1929; a six month county jail sentence for Dyer Act violation July 8, 1930; a one to 15 year sentence for burglary, October 16, 1930; rearrested as an Escaped Federal Prisoner October 24, 1935; maximum of 15 years for burglary, second degree, November 8, 1936; 18 months for dyer Act violation, December 14, 1943; two years for Dyer Act violation March 22, 1944; seven and a half years, minimum sentence, burglary second degree, February 28, 1946; six months, Dyer Act conviction, March 13, 1951; four years Dyer Act conviction, March 28, 1952; zero to 15 years and zero to 20 years, conviction for second degree burglary and first degree assault, December 19, 1956; and a 25 year sentence for bank robbery, July 19, 1967.
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Hubbell advised [REDACTED] that he had not known Bistram until shortly before [REDACTED] in Pugitt Sound and that he was introduced to Bistram by another former inmate. He states that he has known [REDACTED] for the last [REDACTED] further, that [REDACTED] had the idea of pulling [REDACTED] for a long time before the offense was committed. Hubbell said that [REDACTED] had discussed the matter with [REDACTED], Warren Smith, who himself, is a convicted bank robber and who has served time for the offense.
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Hubbell is currently living in a trailer at 607 North Panther Street, Breckenridge, Texas, and also spends a great deal of time with [REDACTED].
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The following identifying date was provided on Hubbell:
Sex Male Race White Date of Birth 5/29/10 FBI # 199 557 Prison # 5819-MC
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DB Cooper-18006
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b6 b7C
Serials: DL 164-1928, SE 164-81-53